Re: Puletua has confirmed he is leaving. ... : Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:00 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

.Signings like Morley, TP and Meli are simply transitional. Once you have built up a team capable of competing (and a team with these players in will be capable of that) then the team will look more attractive to other players and the dynamic will work from there.

Couldn't agree more

Re: Puletua has confirmed he is leaving. ... : Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:40 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Signings like Morley, TP and Meli are simply transitional. Once you have built up a team capable of competing (and a team with these players in will be capable of that) then the team will look more attractive to other players and the dynamic will work from there.

The problem with signing a team of old timers is the risk they will get knocks. When your older you take longer to recover , at Dire they can afford to rest their old codgers to keep them fresh I'm not sure Salford will have that luxury.

Still will be interesting to see how they go next season.

Re: Puletua has confirmed he is leaving. ... : Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:44 pm  

I'd MAYBE have given him another season, but he's been a great player for us over the 5 years.

Re: Puletua has confirmed he is leaving. ... : Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:37 pm  

TP has been one of the best overseas signings that the club has made in the SL era. Along with Meli, they have both proven to be fantastic pieces of recruitment by the club and them not being at Saints will be strange!

Salford are doing things right though. They have to build a competitive team that is achievable to put together. Older players are probably easier to recruit as they are looking for their last big contract and, from Salford's perspective, they can build a certain mentality into the team, which they obviously lack atm.

Hopefully they are putting things together in terms of their youth system.

Re: Puletua has confirmed he is leaving. ... : Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:51 pm  

Albion wrote:

TP has been one of the best overseas signings that the club has made in the SL era. Along with Meli, they have both proven to be fantastic pieces of recruitment by the club and them not being at Saints will be strange!

Salford are doing things right though. They have to build a competitive team that is achievable to put together. Older players are probably easier to recruit as they are looking for their last big contract and, from Salford's perspective, they can build a certain mentality into the team, which they obviously lack atm.

Hopefully they are putting things together in terms of their youth system.

Totally agree.We were never going to attract top quality younger players at this stage unless we paid them a small fortune which by all accounts we will be doing with Junior and Chase.Trouble is you can only do that so many times with the cap restrictions.
The likes of TP and Meli are fantastic signings for us.Off course they are not the players they once were but are still head and shoulders better than what we have got before and will no doubt go very well for us.Both been fantastic servants for you guys but the time is right for both them and the club to move on.